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How to Pick out the File Name in a File Path

Keywords:   filepath fileroot fileextension   

Question:

Answer:

filepath="C:\TEMP\ABC.TXT"	
 fp=Filepath(filepath)	;This part isn't really needed, but it shows how to pick out filepath
 fr=FileRoot(filepath)	;get the file root
 fe=FileExtension(filepath)  ;get the file extension

file=strcat(fr,".",fe)	   ;put it all together again
Message("File is", file)

Article ID:   W13240

Filename:   Isolate Filename in a File Path.txt

File Created: 1999:04:15:16:52:42

Last Updated: 1999:04:15:16:52:42